Julian Brandt of BVB now 3rd in this historic Bundesliga ranking | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund have decided that Julian Brandt’s time at the club will come to an end this summer. As part of the squad rebuild, they are no longer counting on the services of the 48-time Germany international. That has not stopped him from continuing to climb the BVB and Bundesliga statistical rankings, as has now happened in one specific category.

In the 2-0 win over VfB Stuttgart, Julian Brandt scored the second goal, which the team had waited until the 90+6th minute to get. Brandt had only been brought on in the 72nd minute, so as has often been the case in recent weeks, he was limited to a brief appearance off the bench. That made his goal — already his seventh of the season — a so-called “super-sub goal.”

And Julian Brandt has now scored 18 of those in his career with Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. Only two players have scored more often as substitutes in the entire history of the Bundesliga than Julian Brandt, who now shares third place with Alexander Zickler.

Claudio Pizarro managed 21 goals off the bench over the course of his long career. For now, the undisputed king of super-sub goals remains Nils Petersen, who scored 34 times in this way and even became the embodiment of a joker — a player who comes on late in matches and so often delivers.

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BVB star power represented: Brandt in 3rd, Lewandowski in 5th

In fifth place, incidentally, is another player who spent several seasons at BVB: Robert Lewandowski, though it is not known (here) how many of his 16 super-sub goals came for Dortmund and how many for Bayern Munich.

It is also still unclear at the moment whether Julian Brandt will be able to add more super-sub goals in the Bundesliga in the future. His next destination after his now certain departure from Borussia Dortmund is not yet known, though a move abroad would be entirely possible.

But until the inevitable summer transfer, Julian Brandt still has the chance to push Alexander Zickler down to fourth place with another super-sub goal for BVB. There are still six Bundesliga matches to play, and Kovac seems to have taken a liking to using Brandt as his premium super-sub.

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